Day: February 24, 2018

More than a thousand people gathered for a rally in defense of Russian schools in Latvia RIGA, February 24. /Offset. TASS Maria Ivanova/. Over a thousand people gathered on Saturday in one of the Central parks of Riga to protest against the transfer of schools of national minorities to the Latvian language of training. The protest is timed to the 229 anniversary of the opening of the first Russian schools of Latvia, reports from the scene the correspondent of TASS. In the hands of the protestors posters with inscriptions “Russian children — Russian school”, “Reform — forced assimilation”, “I Want to learn in their native language”, “Reform — nonsense. Reform — no, to Each Russophobia strong in the coffin”, “we are not Slaves. Slaves are dumb”, “Children will not give up”. The audience also chanted “Hands off Russian schools” and “Russian — native, Latvian — second”. Among the participants —

Putin in the Duma introduced a bill on the aims and objectives of the Russian Academy of Sciences The President of Russia Vladimir Putin in the Duma introduced a bill that clarifies goals, objectives, functions and powers of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). The document is available in the database of the lower house of Parliament. According to the explanatory Memorandum, the objectives of the RAS is proposed to include “forecasting the main directions of scientific, scientific-technological and socio-economic development of the Russian Federation”, as well as scientific and methodological guidance scientific and educational organizations. In addition, the wounds, the document defines as “funded at the expense of budgetary appropriations of scientific research and exploratory scientific studies, including those implemented in the sphere of military-industrial complex, as well as the elaboration of the program of fundamental scientific research.” Previously, more than four hundred Russian scientists sent Vladimir Putin an

Institute of nizamate of Ukraine wants to rename the Verkhovna Rada The Institute of national remembrance of Ukraine urged the Ukrainian public figures to replace the existing title of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukr. “The Supreme Council”.— “B”), reserved for Parliament in 1937. According to the head of the Institute Volodymyr Viatrovych, “name “Verkhovna Rada” is really a Soviet change of name is necessary to conduct additional discussions.” The Institute suggest that a new name may become “the National Assembly of Ukraine.” Previously, Mr. viatrovych called upon Ukrainians to abandon all Russian, calling, for example, of Vladimir Vysotsky “tentacles of the Russian world”. Besides, in 2015 in Ukraine introduced the law on de-communization, which is renamed more than 900 settlements, almost 50 thousand of streets, squares and other toponyms. Including Moskovsky prospect in Kiev Bandera Avenue, Moscow area — Demeevskaya, and the Moscow bridge — North. Yanina Sokolovskaya, Kyiv

Russia will give Serbia a EUR 2 million in addition to gifted fighters Russia will provide Serbia with two million euros together with donated MiG-29 fighters. This was announced by the Minister of defence of Serbia Alexander Vulic, who is on a visit in Moscow, reports RIA Novosti. “We, the Ministry of defense of Russia has approved a great help (…), which will focus on training of our pilots, future pilots of the MiG-29”, — he said. That Russia will give Serbia the four conventional and two training-combat fighters by the end of 2017, said at the MAKS-2017 the Director of the Federal service for military-technical cooperation Dmitry Shugaev. While Serbia needs to pay only the cost of the repair and modernization of MiG-29, according to unofficial data, the cost will be about $ 50 million. The machines were transferred within the framework of agreements on military-technical cooperation, concluded in

The Cabinet has appointed a road of Federal importance to facilitate access to the Kerch bridge MOSCOW, February 24. /TASS/. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on the inclusion of the road “Krasnodar — Slavyansk-na-Kubani — Yakutsk — road of A-290 Novorossiysk — Kerch” in the list of Federal roads. Relevant document published Saturday on the website of the Cabinet. “The inclusion of a road in the list is necessary for formation of road approach to the bridge Kerch network of public roads of Federal significance by the shortest distance, will facilitate the development of interregional transport networks”, — stated in the explanatory note to the document. Road total length 151,712 miles is one of the main transport routes of the Krasnodar region, connects the public roads of Federal importance and provides a shorter route in the direction from the Central part of Russia by the Kerch bridge and